Better Hold Tight

First Date

Catarina's POV

To say I wasn't nervous about tonight would be a giant lie. I am extremely nervous. Even more nervous than when I was a teacup in my school's production of Beauty and A Beast. I played Chip because they couldn't find a guy that wanted to dress up in a white cup laced with pink. I had a few lines and it made me really nervous because I thought that if I messed up these few lines, I would ruin any chance of doing anything with my life.

But this was something different. It was an actual crush and I was actually going on an actual date with an actual guy who actually wants to spend time with me. Do you see why I'm freaking out?

And how the heck am I supposed to take him by surprise looking fantabulous if we're supposed to be in the same house? How exactly am I supposed to get ready? Exactly! I can't! Sonny's presence is going to ruin my whole mood and I'll be going on this date looking like poop. And not Reindeer poop. But regular old fish poop.

I flop on the chair. Sonny was in his room at the moment. You would think he'd be out here feeding me skittles and calling me pretty, but he wasn't and that made me feel even worse because what if he suddenly decided that he didn't like me as much as he said that he did? I don't think that should be legal.

I text Gabby:

Why won't he talk 2 me?

I silently wait for her response. She texts back almost immediately. I said almost because I still had to wait so it wasn't instant, understand? She says:

Why do u want him 2 talk 2 u?

I frown. Why did I want him to talk to me? I text back:

So I can make sure he still likes me :(

Gabby texts back immediately:

Maybe he's just nervous. Trust me he likes u :)

I hug the phone to my chest and the tinglies come back. How does Gabby know? Do they talk about me? I don't know if that makes me happy or gives me really bad anxiety. I usually don't have bad anxiety, but when it comes to important things, that's what happens.

I text Gabby a little more, well a lot more. We then did a three-way call with Jade. She complained the whole time about how Sonny was going to end up shooting my face off because I'm annoying and that made me giggle because Sonny would never do that. And I'm not annoying! Last time I checked, being annoying meant that you have no desire to be clean. I like being very clean, thank you, Jade.

But then I look at the time and notice that I actually have to get ready for my date. I vaguely remember Brock Kelly asking me to hang out, too. Does it make me a bad person to not want to hang out with Brock? I mean, he's super cute but Brock is no Sonny.

I get up and go to my bag. That day that I helped Sonny pick out a cool toy for Damon's birthday, which I think is still coming up by the way, I bought a really cute romper. But what if Sonny isn't into rompers? What if he wants me to look like a gangster, wearing all black? I don't think I have any all-black outfits. How is this going to work?! I don't think I own any leather either. I don't think I'd look very good in leather...

Anyway, back to my romper! It looks like a dress at first glance but I promise you that it's not. I don't know if I want to wear heels or flats. I don't know! I don't want to be too dressy because I think we're only going to the movies. I don't want to look like I'm going to a charity event. And if we're going to the movies, does it actually matter how I look? I mean, it's going to be darker than a leprechaun's soul in the movie theater, so he won't even get a good look at my outfit. Grrr...since when did dates get so complicated?